Automatic fountain for horses, &amp;c.



G. G. HART.

AUTOMATIG FOUNTAIN FOR HORSES, m.

APPLICATION FILED 11116.13 1908.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

fur NORRIS PETERS co., wnsiqucrorv. a, c.

GEORGE O. HART, OF NEWTON, IOWA.

AUTZBZVLLTEC FGUNTAIEI FOR HORSES, 85c.

Application filed August 13, 1968.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lillO'Wll that I, Gnonon C. HART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, in the cou ty of Jasper nd State of Iowa, have it 11 ed a new and useful Automatic Fountainf 'Horses, 850., of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is, first, to support trough in an elevated position over an underground chamber so that horses hitched to a wagon having a pole can approach the trough and allow the pole to project under the trough as required to allow he horses to drink from the trough without bending their necks down and without uncheclring their reins. Secoi l, in connecting the trough with an underground water main by a tubular post as required to transmit water from the water main to a trough and to re turn waste water to a sewer or waste pipe undergroi 'llhird, to combine automatic valve mechanism with the trough, the tubular post and the water main as required to automatically regulate the flow of water from the water mai" i to the trough.

My invention consists in the construction, arran ement and sub-combination of a concrete bzderground chamber provided w hole, a tubular cement upright comiected with the base, a trough on top of the upright, a metal pipe in the hollow upright, a ma' 1 water pipe below the underground chamber, a sewer or waste pipe, auto- 1 .atic trap mechanism and inlet and outlet tubes co ed with the trough as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure is a sectional view that shows the position of the invention relative to the ground and the arra tion of all the operat enlarged v err vment and combinaparts. 2 is an iew of the automa ic valve operatcted wi h the outlet 'ound waste pipe. Fig. cted with the inlet pipe and the lever tha pa ates the valve.

The letter 1'1 designs. a concrete base located in the top or the ground and B the underground chamber.

C is the tubular concrete upright formed integral with the base A.

D is a manhole comn'umicating with the chamber B and provided with removable covers and 12 as required to protect the valve mechanism in the chamber from frost Epecification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

Serial No. 148,750.

I and to allow access to the chamber whenever desired.

A trough H made of cast iron preferably circular in form is fitted and fixed on the top of the tubular upright C as shown in Fig. 1, or in any suitable way as required to be securely retained in its elevated and exposed position. x

J is an underground Water main and K a sewer or waste pipe extending up from the chamber B.

A metal pipe 13 is fixed in the cement base A and upright O and extends from the chamber B to the top of the upright C.

An inlet tube 14 is connected with the water main J and extends up through and over the pipe 13 and upright as re uired to convey water from the water main into the trough H.

An outlet tube 15 is connected with the trough H and the waste pipe K as required to convey waste water rom the trough H into the waste pipe K. A percolator 16 is attached to the upper end of the waste tube 15 to filter the flow of water from the trough into said tube. A cage 17 is fixed to the lower end of the outlet tube 15 that has an open-ended extension 18 to which is adjustably connected a balance cup 19 that has a small openin in its bottom for leakage. The cage is also connected with waste pipe K as shown in Fig. 2 or in any suitable way as required to allow water to pass therefrom into the waste pipe. The bottom of the cage is perforated.

A valve chamber 20 is fixed to the inlet pipe 14 and a lever 21 fixed to the stem of the valve in the chamber as shown in Fig. 3, or in any suitable way as required to actuate the valve. An adjustable counterbalance 22 is on the long arm of the lever. The short aura of said lever extends through a slot in the cage 17 and terminates in a fork 23 that is pivotally connected with the cup 19 as required to raise and lower the cup. A rest for the balance 22 on the lever 21 is formed on or fixed to the bottom of the chamber 13 as required to restrict the elevation of the cup 19 in the cage 17.

in the practical. operation of my invention when the automatic mechanism is in its normal condition the valve will be open and water will How from the water main up through the inlet pipe 1 1 and discharge into the trough and when the water rises in the trough over the percolator, water will de scend through said percolator and the outlet ipe 15 into the cup 19 and the cup will he Forced down h the weight of water accumu lated therein and in so doing will actuate the lever as required to close the valve in the valve chamber 20 and there stop the flow of water from the water main up throu is. inlet tuhe 1 into the tror prevent overflow from the trougn. when horses drinl': from the trough and Water low rs in the troughv and ceases to now through the percolator and outlet tn 7 into the cup 19 the cup will empty and ascend as required to operate the lever and thereby open the valve in the valve chamher 20 to again let water from th water main up through the inlet tuhe i4 and into he troug An auxiliary valve 24 is connected wi 11 the water main J and the inlet pipe lei as shown in fig. 1, or in any suitable way as required for regulating the flow of r from the water main into the trough. To prevent freezing it must ilow str nger in the winter than in summer.

Having thus set forth the construction, arrangement and comhination of all the parts of my invention and its purposes the practical operation and utility thereof will e obvious.

\Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is:

1. In an automatic fountain i watering horses, a concrete oaseifirwing a 1:

-1 N 1 1 g I a 1 right, a chains-e1 oeiow toe case, 1 iannoie communicating with the C11 mixer, a wato" main and an escape pipe under the chamber.

arranged and comlzincd as set forth.

2. In an automatic fountain for watering horses, a concrete case having a tr upright, a chamber below the base, a manhole communicating with the chamber, a water main and an escape pipe under the chamber, a trough on top of the tubular upright, an

inlet tube connected with the water main for conveying water into the trough, an outlet tuhe extending from within the trough and means to convey waste water from th trougn into the waste pipe.

8. In an automatic fountain for watering horses, a chamber under the ground, a water main, a waste pipe, a trough supported. ahove the ground, an inlet tube connected with the water main to discharge water into the trough, a valve connected with the inlet tube and automatic mechanism for operating the valve for regulating the flow of water into the trough, and an auxiliary valve to regulate the llow in the inlet pipe.

4-. In an automatic fountain for watering horses, an underground chamher, a waste pipe, a trough above the ground, an outlet tuhe Xtending from the trough into the underground ohamher, a percolator on the upper end of said tulze, a cage on the lower end of he tuhe connected with the Waste pipe, open-ended tuhe extended from the lower end of the outlet tube into the cage, a cup having an opening in its bottom and automatic mechanism to raise and lower the cup for the purposes stated.

5. An automatic fountain for watering horses comprising a concrete lease having a tultular upright, a chamber unner the base having a man hole and removable covers for the manhole, a water main, a waste pipe, a trough, an inlet tuhe, an outlet tube having a percolator at its upper end and a cage at its lower end, a cup having a leali'age at its bottom, a valve connected with the inlet tuhe, a lever connected with the valve and with the cup and a counterpoise on the free end of the lever, to operate as set forth.

GEORGE C. HART. 

